What is Elon Musk’s net worth, is the Tesla founder dating Amber Heard and was the Falcon Heavy launch successful?

The billionaire tech entrepreneur has launched the world's most powerful rocket that could pave the way for a human trip to Mars

By Ellie Cambridge and David Hughes

13th February 2018,9:30 am

Updated: 13th February 2018,9:44 am

BILLIONAIRE tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has built a reputation for his innovative companies such as SpaceX and Tesla and his forward-thinking ideas.

From advising Donald Trump on how to make humans a “multiplanetary species” to his work on the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery, here’s everything you need to know about one of the planet’s most influential tech figures.

Who is Elon Musk?

There’s no doubt that Elon has quite the CV.

He’s the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, co-founder and chairman of SolarCity, co-chairman of Opan AI, co-founder of Zip2 and founder of X.com, which merged with PayPal.

Musk has envisioned a high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop and proposed an electric jet.

He has previously said that the goals of his companies revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity.

His aim is to reduce global warming and reduce the risk of human extinction by setting up a colony on Mars.

On February 6 at 6.30pm UK time, Musk’s company SpaceX will launch the world’s most powerful rocket to the so-called red planet.

The historic moment was live-streamed for free, as the hefty payload transported his 2008 cherry red Tesla Roadster all the way to Mars.

The billionaire inventor is working on the world’s largest lithium-ion battery, which he is building in Australia to store renewable energy.

And as a side project, he has started selling £355 flamethrowers, which he guarantees will protect against zombies. His company sold 1,000 in the first three hours.

Musk is also known as a visionary, with plans to start a self-sustaining colony of a million people living in glass domes on the surface of Mars.

But he has also said he fears a global artificial intelligence arms race could spark World War 3 and warned humanity must act now to stop killer robots wiping us out.

He has admitted he is bipolar and revealed the “great highs and terrible lows” of his life in a series of candid tweets.

On January 13, Musk claimed he ended up at a drug-fuelled sex party only because he thought it was a fancy dress do.

Women allegedly had MDMA and took part in a “cuddle puddle” at the bash at the Silicon Valley home of venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson.

Business Insider published a statement from Musk which read: “I don’t want this to be anti-climactic, but I didn’t see any sex or drugs.

“I went home at 12.30 a.m., and I guess sex parties don’t really kick off until the boring f**kers go home. “I didn’t exactly know it was a sex party, and I got bored at some point and went home.”